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Old October 1st 04, 04:42 PM
beverly
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Default Problems with hotmail

I cant get into my hotmail inbox everytime i try to get
into my inbox a search window pops up and takes over my
inbox i cant read my emails when i try to close the search
window it automatically closes my inbox with it and i cant
view any of my emails can someone please help me with this
problem.
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Old February 14th 05, 06:59 AM
joki
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i have the same problem please someone help

"beverly" wrote:

I cant get into my hotmail inbox everytime i try to get
into my inbox a search window pops up and takes over my
inbox i cant read my emails when i try to close the search
window it automatically closes my inbox with it and i cant
view any of my emails can someone please help me with this
problem.

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Old February 14th 05, 02:59 PM
Galen
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joki had this to say:


i have the same problem please someone help

"beverly" wrote:

I cant get into my hotmail inbox everytime i try to get
into my inbox a search window pops up and takes over my
inbox i cant read my emails when i try to close the search
window it automatically closes my inbox with it and i cant
view any of my emails can someone please help me with this
problem.


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Chances are that you have a spyware/malware problem.

Download AdAware personal edition from www.lavasoft.de
Download Spybot from http://www.safer-networking.org/index.php?page=download
Download Stinger from http://vil.nai.com/vil/stinger/

Install and update the the first two.
Disable system restore for the time being.
Reboot to safe mode by pounding on the F8 key during boot until something
interesting happens and from the supplied menu pick safe mode without
networking.
Scan and delete any entry found.
Reboot into regular mode.
Scan again.
Turn system restore back on.

Any luck? That's where I'd start at any rate.

Prevent this in the future. Install a personal firewall (software is what
you're probably looking for and there's a number of free ones available.)
Having a firewall is not enough. You must set it to it's highest settings
and then learn to allow the applications, and only the applications, to
connect at only the correct times and through the correct ports with the
correct protocols. It sounds difficult but it isn't really. It's best to go
ahead and install one, use it in it's "rule" mode for a while, and then
after a couple of weeks it should be configured exactly the way you like it
and will run smoothly in the background keeping your computer nice and safe.
However, improperly configured firewalls lull you into a false sense of
security and security is a process that YOU do. Security is not an
application. It is awareness, understanding, and being attentive for signs
of inappropriate activity.

Practice safe computing. Feel free to increase the level of security for
your internet connection. Some good ideas would be to set the downloading of
ActiveX to prompt for signed, enabling running of ActiveX, enabling script
ActiveX controls marked safe for scripting, and setting the other two to
disable or at least to prompt. I'd consider setting the ability to access
data across domains to prompt, I would definately set the drag/copy/paste
files to prompt, the launching of programs in IFRAME should also be set to
prompt, as well as the installation of desktop items. Finally there's the
option to allow paste operations via script, I'd set that to prompt to.
Sites which you like and have come to trust which have features that you
feel you need can later be added to the trusted zone. When you first start
to add sites to the trusted zone you'll want to make sure you check the
properties and select that all sites in the zone do not need to have the
"HTTPS" (be secure servers.)

There are a number of tools that you can use to manage and configure the
different zones, a search engine will help you on your way as I tend to
avoid recommending specific products if I'm able to avoid it. That's a step
that you can take if you'd like.

I could probably go on and on about this but I will send it out so you don't
wait too long for an answer. I should also probably cut and paste this so
that I don't need to type it all over again but I guess getting an
individual response is a good thing.

Galen
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"My mind rebels at stagnation. Give me problems, give me work, give me
the most abstruse cryptogram or the most intricate analysis, and I am
in my own proper atmosphere. I can dispense then with artificial
stimulants. But I abhor the dull routine of existence. I crave for
mental exaltation." -- Sherlock Holmes


 




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